Well, I just spent three and a half hours loading more semis full of donated goods for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. It's a very fulfilling job, but also very exhausting.
Unfortunately, I did this during the middle of my workshift (with permission folks!) and that means I had to come back to work when all I want to do is collapse in bed.
Oh well, it's worth it. I'll be back out there tomorrow. It's the last day we're doing collections. Then we'll be turning the drive over to the Salvation Army.
So far, we've filled more than 30 semis with food, water and baby things. And, we've collected $1.2 million. Some of the semis have already headed down to Louisiana and the food has been delivered, and often devoured! The picture at the top is a shot of our first train of semi's departing for Louisiana.
The thing is, with a situation like this, no matter how much you do, you feel like it can never be enough.
We had a man today come in with a store's entire stock of diapers. $825 worth. The truly amazing thing, this man is unemployed! He had to charge it. But says he has so much more than the folks along the Gulf right now he HAD to do it.
We've been hearing stories like this day in and day out throughout the last week. Just more proof of God's presence in this cruel and evil world.
Nimitz' Lady
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